Pyotr Potemkin
Russian nobleman and politician (1617–1700) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (Russian: Пётр Ива́нович Потёмкин; 1617–1700), also spelled Potyomkin, was a Russian courtier, diplomat and namestnik of Borovsk during the reigns of tsars Alexis I and Feodor III. He was a voivode during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) and took Lublin in 1655[1] and laid siege to Nyenschantz and Noteborg in 1656.[2] Later he became a stolnik working as the tsar's ambassador.
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